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A collection of fun and easy November Activities for Kids! Learn about and celebrate the various holidays in November with your child with crafts, books, and activities that are fun and easy to set up together. Which November themed activity will you try first? November Activities for Kids Gratitude and Thankfulness Acts of Kindness and Community Outreach Harvest & Food Native American Heritage Month Election Day Activities for Kids Veterans Day Activities Diwali Activities Forest Animals Owls Crafts and Activities Leaves & Acorns Activities Thanksgiving Activities Turkey Crafts November Books for Kids Printable November Activity Calendar November Activities for Kids...

  By Liza Ware Gentle parenting is a parenting philosophy first made popular by Sarah Ockwell-Smith in The Gentle Parenting Book. The term is sometimes used synonymously with mindful parenting, respective parenting, and other positive parenting approaches. Although not identical, these approaches share common features—they emphasize parents’ sensitivity and understanding instead of strict discipline or harsh punishment, with the goal of helping children develop independence, confidence, self-regulation, and happiness. Gentle parenting is essentially equivalent to what developmental scientists refer to as the authoritative parenting style, an approach shown to be most ideal for healthy child development. Gentle parenting involves a...

What exactly is play based learning? Most people would say that play based learning is children learning through play. But when you really stop and think about it and dig a little deeper, we start to question ... well, which activities are actually considered play based learning? And how does play based learning relate to the broader concept of play? For example, if you have a classroom full of toys, and children are playing with the toys all day, without any other types of involvement - Is that play based learning? Kind of a tricky question, right? I think this...

Looking for the best options for STEM Toys for Kids? This STEM toy gift guide contains teacher-approved and mom-approved STEM Toys that will bring science, technology, engineering, and math into your home or classroom. Many of these are on sale today for Amazon’s Early Access Prime Deals! STEM Toys for Kids Coding Robots for Kids Magnetic Tiles Building Blocks Building Toys for Kids Solar Car Kits STEM Kits for Kids Crystal Kits for Kids Magnet Sets Anatomy Sets for Kids 3d Pen Sets for Kids Circuit Toys for Kids Rocks and Fossil Sets STEM Toys on Amazon’s Early Access Prime...

Are you planning your Halloween activities for preschoolers right now? Be sure to add these free printable jack-o-lantern shape mats to your plans! The printable jack-o-lantern shapes can be used with a wide variety of materials. AND they’re super easy to prep! On top of that, the play dough shape mats let kids practice fine motor skills alongside early math skills. That’s a win-win-win in my book! You can use the jack-o-lantern shapes with children just beginning to explore shapes, as well as with kids who have shape identification down. I love when a printable allows for so much differentiation!...